N.S.U-Cream

[otoniel509ify]

NSU is rather interesting when it comes to music structure because the timing in the vocals (when jack starts singing) is I think half note before a standard or traditional structure where singing starts right at the beginning of a MEASURE. THANK YOU ALL. Greetings from

La Paz-Bolivia.

[crapatev]

Ever seen Ginger Baker live? He appears to be personally looking at you, like a maniac.

[TheBazinga000]

ŠABIĆ RULES

[MrAEGuitar]

WTF? Is it me or metallica took the intro of Enter Sandman in the Drums from here? Lol

[promptaet]

@MrAEGuitar E C.G B .J B ......No metallica,,

[niggaT42000]

@MrAEGuitar NO FAG

[sombrerosandponchos]

<3 <3 <3

[titsinabottle]

no dislikes?! Way to go!

[IndianaParkWars]

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaa ah ah ah!" amazing

[slumpgamer]

this is one of my favorite songs! cream F***ING ROCKS. end of story

[naturelover1957]

I used to wake up my roomate Mike Huguenel to this song.Apparently he liked it because he asked me what album it was from.He now owns the c.d.Rock on,Junior!

[FrequentlyFried]

sounds like inxs when he whispers.

[beantownbig3]

does anyone realize that this song is about gonorrheal infection? still a great song though :)

[Packaroo]

@beantownbig3

I believe one of the members at the time was suffering from "non-specifici urethritis".

[beantownbig3]

@Packaroo yup. they say it that Eric Clapton had it and Jack and Ginger wanted to make a sun to poke fun at it.

[spacepatrolman]

@jackgingeranderic he made them play continous shows but only paid them for one thats what they said

[spacepatrolman]

@spacepatrolman some guy said he went to a murry the k show and was lying to some girls that he was bobby rydells cousin im not into lying like that maybee he thinks some girls like to hear nonsense like that they were probably laughing at him

[ledzeppelin725]

Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker- Three men who changed music forever

[zappasowner]

whaaaa aaaaaahhhh ahhh ahhh ahhhhh!!!!!!!!

[chivarocker]

♥ still love 'em!!

[RickyRocker821]

gingr baker brought us rock drum.thank you

[gahrzahk]

@RickyRocker821 Nah, Gene Krupa gave us rock drum. Or was that Cozy Cole?

[spacepatrolman]

@gahrzahk the first drummer to keep time on the cymbal instead of the drum was kenny clarke but that was jazz not rock gene krupas band was so stoned out of there mind they played on their back murry the k said take that girl backstage and give her some cream when she said she wanted to meet the cream

[gahrzahk]

@gahrzahk Yeah, Krupa was hard on smack, but he was great working with Benny Goodman

[spacepatrolman]

@gahrzahk His orchestra was so stoned they performed lying on their back when woody hermans sax section was dope addicts nobody wanted to be in a hotel room above them they thought hey woulfd fall sleep smoking and light the hotel on fire

[gahrzahk]

@spacepatrolman Yeah, but he cleaned himself up in the end. And what about Baker, Bonham, Moon, etc., taking dope? Gosh, when jazzbo's light up, rockers get so upset.

[spacepatrolman]

@gahrzahk i thought ginger baker was supposed to be the bicicle racer that didnt take drugs and got eric clapton off drugs

[spacepatrolman]

@gahrzahk i thought ginger baker was supposed to be the bicicle racer that didnt take drugs and got eric clapton off drugs

[GreenhouseEffectGE]

Awesome Song !! So awesome !! i had to rock after hearing this track !!!

[DaveS12382]

@Trrncwilliamson you know, If I ever got my hands on you fuck I'd tear you from abdomen to sternum with my fish filet knife and let you bleed your guts and intestines all over the place then, in you dying agony I would ask you to repeat your fucked blurb as you were dying when most likely only gurgling sounds would be coming out, then I'd slit your throat and watch you bleed to death like the fuckpig you are.

[1sirein]

. The only band that has albums I find perfect. All songs are great. After Cream I have been most interested in Jack Bruce's career. He just relased a new live album and is still going strong. But if there was a time machine, I would go to see and hear him in Cream days. Lucky to have these YouTube recordings and dvds. What to say... Cream is the best, the band I love the most. <3

[QMPhilosophe]

God - Jack Bruce did have a great voice. I also think he is an incredibly underrated bassist.

[45rpmprince]

@QMPhilosophe

the whole band is underrated

[DaveS12382]

this blows the shit outa todays shit, if only a band half as good came out they'd domiate the rock charts.

[Alithecomedian]

@DaveS12382 they wouldn't trust me people too ignorant these days

[Phantasus87]

the only time I'm happy is when I play my guitar..

[spacepatrolman]

@Phantasus87 feedback at 1:36

[TheWallGuitar]

Cream is so awesome.

but sadly my classmates think they sucked... =S

if I get children I make sure they listen to this godly music

[robertxtra]

Song brings back a lot of memories. Ah, Jr High, Donna & Debi..2 was alway's better than one!

[SE779]

Awesome!!!

[sandro28grizz]

The drums are really low in the mix

[spacepatrolman]

@TravellerFellow if you like the blues project jim and jean kind of thing mixeing jazz and folk rock listen to pavan by ars nova in here 

[spacepatrolman]

@TravellerFellow I didnt go a friend in my class did he said the cream was louder than everybody else and a girl grabbed wilson picket and they had a dance contest the winner gets to meet the act of your choice she said i want to meet the cream murry the k said take that girl back stage and give her some cream [john mcnally of the searchers said he did a murry the k show in a radio interview and he jumped off the stage a little drunk and twisted his ankle that must have been a prior one ]

[spacepatrolman]

@TravellerFellow did they have the blues project and jim and jean at that concert ?

[zackstaboy]

makes sense - but where did you hear that?

[bond00777777]

fantastic sound the great 60'

[zackstaboy]

True enough. And you were definitely in on the ground floor and had great taste, getting into Cream in 1966. I didn't get into them until 1968 (around when they broke up).

[TheHeliumkid]

all this stuff should have 500,000 looks

[BBQFanNo1]

From Cream's debut album recorded in February 1966.

[zackstaboy]

@11rockabilly About as much as the word 'Toad' has to do with the song 'Toad', for example...

[spacepatrolman]

@zackstaboy Toad has something to do with a frog jumping around on the drums its a drum solo

[zackstaboy]

@11rockabilly what I remember from thirty years ago was that they used it to refer to 'non-specific urethritis', i.e., an STD (it's actually a frequently used medical abbreviation for that)

[fscap811]

@zackstaboy I bought the album when it first came out and yes, that's what I remember being told the "N.S.U." acronym stood for. I think it was supposed to be some kitschy inside joke; keep in mind the how different the times were back in '66 when even a vague reference to sex, even through mentioning an STD, was titillating

[spacepatrolman]

@zackstaboy i used to think it was some university the cream performed at

[idoperach]

"The only Time I'm Happy is when I play my guitar"

so true

[FRUUBIES]

@idoperach The truest lyric I have EVER heard.

[8woldy8]

Jack Bruce would have been famous for either bass or vocal...and he has both.

[zalman595]

God what a record. Bruce's pipes -- the best in rock; Ginger Baker's savage war drums and that absolutely smoking Clapton solo. Give Clapton back his Gibson -- and forty years -- maybe he'l lsound like a MAN again. Shit, I forget how great he was back then.

[ArteL69]

I was born far too late, Different era, things look like they were alot more simple.

[TasteForDisaster]

i'm only 15 and i love cream, although i don't think age really matters, but at least i know what real music is.

[sleeve51]

Fabulous. I remember the first time I saw this album and thought "who the heck are these guys"? I soon found out with a vengeance. Great tune, great album. I am partial to Disraeli Gears, but I have to say their music sounds just as good today as it did 40 yrs ago.

[capthaudy]

Nobody writes songs like this anymore...........nobody.

[staff50ord]

I was 16 yr s old then. Thanks for the memory from a happy era.

[resacarat]

"N.S.U. is the acronym for non-specific urethritis, a form of venereal disease Eric is rumored to have been afflicted with at the time. The lads, apparently having a bit of fun, thought it would be a good title for the song."

[ithinku8dert]

after this it was all down hill for clapton never played like this again listen to that fuckin great solo too bad eric uve been passed bye

[MahatMagandi93]

a sound of their own in every way. fantastic rock n roll

[santatigerclaus]

sorry folks-- i cant listen to most of claptons later stuff --THIS is the real stuff

[EndOfTheNight1]

What A BAD fuckin JAM!

[mangekyou10sharingan]

great drum!!!

[SamuBolado]

and aaaaa... what does nsu mean???

[Vallecrash]

@SamuBolado Used to be a German brand of Motorcycles and Cars

[weenyone]

@SamuBolado NSU Motorenwerke AG, (normally just NSU), was a German manufacturer of cars,

[xcinthyas]

Jack Bruce was so yonug back then but what a powerful voice!!!

[yovo83]

Nothing to do with non specific urethritis, contrary to popular belief. NSU is a German car brand, by Neckarsulmer Fahrzeugwerke that was taken over by Audi in 1985.

Jack Bruce had one. He probably drove it, smoking his cigar and thinking up this song.

First song I ever heard by Cream and absolutely smashing.

[getcreamed]

@yovo83 Duh, Jack Bruce himself said as a guest on Howard Stern that the song is named after Clapton's bout with non-specific urethritis. The song "Please Don't Be Long" written by George Harrison is about Clapton seeking dope in a foggy LA.

What we think a song is about and what it is really about are totally different things.

[FreshFFFish]

@yovo83 And they all had NSU Motorcycles.

[SophieBabii666]

non specific urethritis !  nsu

[OspreyD40]

With all respect to this poster, please go hear the posting of this tune by hawkmoon03111951 . The mix is still spread, but you hear Clapton's guitar much closer, on the left channel...SLICING through your head! during the solo.

[MrMattTheKnife]

@OspreyD40 I have to admit it didn't sound any different to me...are me ears messed up??

[OspreyD40]

I appreciate the posting, but geez is the sound distant and over-reverbed. In the solo, Clapton's guitar should have some reverb but slice right through your head. In this pressing, his guitar sounds lost 'way off down the hillside. Oh to have a vinyl copy in good condition!

[FreshFFFish]

@OspreyD40 "Those were the days, those were their ways"

[andyourbirdcansing64]

@FreshFFFish fucking amazing song... how the bells put it all together

[stockliskirep]

@OspreyD40 It was the 60's nothing was high tech and they were trying new things in the recording studios all the time !

[feldspar9]

they were the best

[spacepatrolman]

@feldspar9 at 1:37 you get guitar feedback////////

[RussX5Z]

One of my favorite Cream songs.

[Magnus6207]

Agree 100% with Bluesboy. Mayall and the guys in Cream brought out the best of him.

[paonejn]

Jack Bruce...what a voice!

[Cthulu54]

@paonejn Indeed. I think Jack Bruce's notoriety as a bass player may have eclipsed the fact that he had some of the best pipes in the business.

[Skaternick911]

@paonejn not to mention the amazing bass playing.

[bluesboy25000]

These years and the Bluesbreakers are CLapton at his peak. It is almost hard to believe that this and the man who recorded "Reptile" are one in the same

[spacepatrolman]

mayall would make them reherse all day long.

[maplecustom99]

reptile by who?

[cr17lover]

WAHHAAAAAAAAA-AAA-A-AHH (8)

[TrejosEd]

"la crème de la crème" MAN!

[JorgeAmarull]

Excellent!, once again, thanks for sharing.

[spacepatrolman]

the feedback behind the guitar solo sounds like an air raid siren

[spacepatrolman]

@spacepatrolman maybee thats why they are dressed like pilots on the cover